"The world is indeed full of peril, and in it there are many dark places; but still there is much that is fair..." -J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring Chronic. It's an ugly word, and one I don't much like. It sounds so daunting. So final. It's a word that tries to blot out everything else in its presence: joy, freedom, potential......
"The cave you fear to enter holds the treasure you seek." -Christopher Paolini So, the other day, I published this blog post. Now for some reason, before I hit that alluring button that says "Publish", I felt... hesitant. Scared even! Looking back on that, I don't really get it. I mean, it's not as though the post was incredibly "controversial" or anything. (At...
"Friendship is selfless love, care, respect, and honor- not a profitable opportunity." -Santosh Kalwar I decided I was in a cleaning mood, yesterday. I'm not sure exactly why, but I was. Perhaps it was because I had nothing better to do. Perhaps it was because the room was messy, and God knew that me being in a "cleaning mood" was likely the only...